This black book has recorded the usual happenings around the small clock tower Chikka Gadiyara, Mysuru over some time. If I am to compare, this book is like a novel which makes you partly see what’s coming next, but to get a full picture, you have to turn the page. The curiosity of what’s next keeps us going further and further here as well.

Both positive and negative shapes coming together in multiple layers to find a middle ground of balance could be a metaphor for a way to live a meaningful life amidst this chaos.

detail pages (11, 30, 32, 36)

A cut-out book with delicate physical pages that overlap one another to partly hide and to partly show what's underneath. Each page is a layer added to the previous one to become a whole book.

Around the clock v2.0

Digital arrangement, high-res file of 300 dpi, 2022

In today’s world, we find ourselves constantly connected to a vast digital landscape, juggling multiple virtual identities while also existing in a physical world, with real-life relationships and experiences. If the works of art are supposed to mirror life, shouldn’t the works of these times also have multiple existence? As the black book “Around the Clock” is quite delicate physically, it got upgraded to v2.0 to play its digital role.

Around the clock v3.0

Physical arrangement, printed papers, A5 size each, 2022

Well, to avoid being called a hypocrite, for not having the exact structure as the real book, v2.0 had to pose for the physical society. Being dressed up in its print-out format, feeling energetic, got itself hanged along with a frame. This hanging arrangement “Around the clock v3.0” created an absolute show for people till it drew its last breath! ...